LookAtThisPOst Posted February 23, 2016 Posted February 23, 2016 I saw a recent thread about someone finding out they didn't look like their photos, in a sense they were like 100 lbs in person or something. Ever had a situation where someone turned out a lot better than their photos? I only recall ONE time that happened (back in the 90s) to me only because she had one photo of her on her knees, facing the camera. She was wearing sunglasses, a sweat shirt and jeans. The sweat shirt was rather baggie, so it was iffy on how she looked underneath all that. I decided to chance it, as she lived very local to me. When I met her in person, my jaw about hit the ground. She was tall, leggy blonde with icelandic (sp?) blue eyes. She was wearing office attire, so a lot of it was form fitting and was pretty nicely endowed top-side. :-) A pleasant surprise. Okay, anyone else? Share, please.
Gaeta Posted February 23, 2016 Posted February 23, 2016 My best friend is a beautiful woman but can't take a good picture to save her life! In all of her pictures her eyes look crossed sides, she looks puffy, even toothless lol. and she is nothing of that. The camera doesn't like her anyway you try it so of course each time she met someone from online he felt backward when he saw her in real.
Zippy2000 Posted February 23, 2016 Posted February 23, 2016 Same thing happened to me. About 5 years ago I was speaking to a girl on "Plenty of Pish". She had 3 photos and they were pics of her in baggy clothes and just normal everyday amatuerish photos and she was overweight Nothing really to shout about but she had a pretty face. I thought why not and give her a chance. On the date. In walked a curvy girl with a dress on and high heels. Nothing like her pics which must have been taken a few years before when she was heavier. The girl had turned herself around and looked twice as good as her pictures. It is really hard to tell from photos so that is why I try to agree to a date in about a week or two.
candie13 Posted February 23, 2016 Posted February 23, 2016 happened to me once. you could see the man was decent looking, but he was putting forward more the fact that he was active than his looks. When I met him, I have realized that he was absolutely gorgeous. I mean... like... wow. Needless to say, the guy was not living in my town, he was highly educated and highly mobile and not looking to see anyone in particular. Had a good time having drinks and never made any attempts to see him again. But speak about a good surprise, wow !!!
losangelena Posted February 23, 2016 Posted February 23, 2016 All the men I've met have actually been Minotaurs. It's still quite surprising. 1
candie13 Posted February 23, 2016 Posted February 23, 2016 All the men I've met have actually been Minotaurs. It's still quite surprising. maaaaan, you're so lucky !! Always wanted to meet one of those . 2
MightyPen Posted February 23, 2016 Posted February 23, 2016 Just once. Her pics were so so, I thought she looked "cute" but that was about it. Her hair was sort of frizzy in her pics and she looked generally tired. In person, she was a pretty hot country girl with a great smile and killer legs. I mean killer. We went dancing a few times and nothing much came of it, but she was a pleasant surprise.
bu2002 Posted February 23, 2016 Posted February 23, 2016 I've yet to meet a girl who looked better in person than they did in their pictures. Having said that, I still seem to always tend to give a girl the benefit of the doubt hoping they would look better in person than their photos. I guess i some ways i do that because I hope women do the same to me, since I've been told I look better in person than I do in my photos. My cheeks tend to puff out more in pictures.
Toodaloo Posted February 23, 2016 Posted February 23, 2016 Thankfully its happened several times! Only once did a guy really lie (6ft2 is not 5ft2). Another time the guy was so negative it showed in real life but didn't in his pics. Oh this one chap I met, oh my days, THE sexiest laughter lines ever... My uterus practically leapt on his as soon as he smiled... WAY better looking in real life.
central Posted February 23, 2016 Posted February 23, 2016 I've met plenty who looked worse, and a few who looked better. Many people look better in real life because their expression is animated, and a still picture rarely captures personality. The first pictures I saw of my wife looked cute, but she also looked rather prim. In person she turns heads and is beautiful - and is vivacious, not prim. Even now, she looks better than most women who are 20 or 30 years younger (well, if you're not TOO close! lol) - but she has also retained her slender figure.
hasaquestion Posted February 23, 2016 Posted February 23, 2016 All the men I've met have actually been Minotaurs. It's still quite surprising. "Hey girl, I'm a-maze-ing in the sack." 2
Larryville Posted February 23, 2016 Posted February 23, 2016 I've met plenty who looked worse, and a few who looked better. Many people look better in real life because their expression is animated, and a still picture rarely captures personality. This is a very important point, particularly those who try to take selfies. If someone is taking a selfie for the specific purpose of posting it on an OLD site almost never works because it is kinda stressful. Generally the smile will looked forced and not genuine. Some unfortunately don’t have good fashion sense and many just don’t have good self-awareness. And again goes to: “picture rarely captures personality" To me it is not about “just” the individual in the photo. What is around her. Is the environment messy, clothes everywhere, it is dark ect goes to the OLD dating photo red flags thread. As long as the individual is not hiding anything or herself and the photo seems fairly recent and her posture is genuine is sometimes worth the risk. I for the most part have never had anyone be MUCH better looking… generally about what I expected. But did have two women (early OLD experience) who were horrifically worse, scared me and pissed me off enough to fine tune the process. 1
fitnessfan365 Posted February 23, 2016 Posted February 23, 2016 Haha.. This is what every woman I met through OLD said when we'd meet "Wow, you're so much better looking than your pictures". When this happened at first, I'd kind of take offense. But then I changed my perspective. It was actually a compliment to my personality because they still wanted to meet even though they weren't sold on the photos. Then it was an added bonus when they suddenly had a strong sexual attraction too. However, in general I am just not photogenic..at all. I hate having my picture taken and get very uncomfortable in front of a camera. So my body language and the angles of the pictures always make my pics turn out badly.LOL In the end though, all that matters is how you look in person.
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